Overview
- Sam Altman told the Huge If True podcast that Generation Z graduates have unprecedented power to launch products and companies solo using GPT-5, making them the "luckiest" cohort in history.
- He acknowledged forecasts that AI could automate half of entry-level white-collar roles within five years and that some job categories may vanish entirely.
- Altman emphasized that young workers adapt swiftly to technological shifts while warning that older employees who resist retraining face greater displacement risks.
- In comments to Federal Reserve officials he cautioned that voice-mimicking AI technologies are creating a looming “fraud crisis” that could undermine trust in communications.
- Labor-market data from Goldman Sachs and Challenger, Gray and Christmas reveal that the college-degree safety premium has nearly disappeared and that AI-related layoffs surged in July 2025.